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A Sense of Soul / Un Senso di Soul
For a place known as “the city that dies,” one that visitors indeed treat as a ghost town, Civita does not feel a bit haunted. Even true, in spite of the visible corpse resting inside a glass coffin on...
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The Sacred Circle / Il Cerchio Sacro
The concept of a circle is both wholeness and a new beginning. The ancients considered circles to represent the idea and power of God, which we might describe as both infinite and divine. Circles are...
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Serendipity and the City / Serendipity e la Città
Serendipity finds its way though cities in a never-ending ribbon of delightful surprises. For instance, one would never expect to meet a familiar face after 1 am in Piazza Santo Stefano, but it can...
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Small Moves
Perky riders go beep-beep-beep Glowing Globe of Future Travels A moment of understanding sparked last summer when I watched Iole mix espresso into the pert foam of her cappuccino with a tiny spoon. We...
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Passatutto
Beautiful friends at a beautiful table During my first and only trip to Paris in 2005, I remember running through the deep underbelly of a Metro station—perhaps Gare de Lyon or Concorde—to switch...
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Senescence
Civita, walking up the bridge Venice, walking over bridges Certain organs—the cerebral cortex and the heart, for instance—are replenished every seven to ten years. When the individual cells that...
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The Show Goes On
From the balcony of my apartment in the Castello Sestiere Last weekend, Nancy and Steve hosted several of us at their home in Madrona for “A CivitaVeritas Evening” – an auctioned dinner centered around...
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Lost and Found
Klevis and Iole at Gelateria Paolin (courtesy Iole) Truly timeless writing never arrives late. Its relevance seems lightly fated when it finally appears atop a tall stack of magazines and newspaper...
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